Tong Louie Living Lab

Wister, A. & Cosco, T. D. (Eds.) (2021). Resilience and aging: Emerging science and new frontiers. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57089-7

Chaudhury, H. & Oswald, F. (Eds.) (2018). Environments in an aging society: Autobiographical perspectives in environmental gerontology. Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Vol. 38. Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0198-8794.38.1

Sixsmith, A. J. & Gutman, G. (Eds.) (2013). Technologies for Active Aging. Springer.

Sixsmith, A., Sixsmith, J., Mihailidis, A., Fang, M. (2021). Knowledge, Innovation, and Impact — A Guide for the Engaged Health Researcher. Springer.

In Press:

Gan, D., Chaudhury, H., Mann, J., & Wister, A. (In press). Dementia-friendly neighbourhood and the built environment: A scoping review. The Gerontologist.

Gutman, G.; Karbakhsh, M;  Vashisht, A.; Kaur, T.; Churchill, R.; & Moztarzadeh, A.  (in press) Feasibility study of a digital screen-based calming device (MindfulGarden) for bathing-related agitation among LTC residents with dementia. Gerontechnology.

2021:

Klasa, K., Galaitsi, S., Wister, A., & Linkov, I. (2021). System models for resilience in gerontology: Application to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Geriatrics. 21, 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01965-2

2020:

Beaudoin, M., Atoyebi, O., Mortenson, W.B., Auger, C., Demers, L., Wister, A., Plante, M., & Routhier, F. (2020). Interviews with family caregivers of older adults: their experiences of care and the integration of assistive technology in care. Technology and Disability, 32(3), 199–209. http://doi.org/10.3233/TAD-190253

Gutman, G., Vashisht, A., Kaur, T., Churchill, R., Moztarzadeh, A., & Karbakhsh, M. (2020). Feasibility study of a digital screen-based calming device for managing BPSD during care. Innovation in Aging, 4(Supp. 1), 755. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2722

Li, L., & Lee, Y. (2020). Caregiving choice and caregiver-receiver relation: Effects on psychological well-being of family caregivers in Canada. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 39(4) 634–646. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980819000825

Mock, S., Walker, E., Humble, A., de Vries, B., Gutman, G., Gahagan, J., Chamberland, L., Aubert, P., & Fast, J. (2020). The role of technology in end-of-life planning among Canadian LGBT older adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(5), 536–544. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464819848634

Ten Brinke, L. F., Best, J. R., Chan, J. L. C., Ghag, C., Erickson, K. I., Handy, T. C., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2020). Computerized cognitive training, memory, and executive functions in older adults: An 8-week randomized controlled trial. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 75(4), 755–763. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz115

Wister, A., Rosenkrantz, L., Shashank, A., Walker, B., & Schuurman, N., (2020). Multimorbidity and socioeconomic deprivation among older adults: A cross-sectional analysis in five Canadian cities using the CLSA. Journal of Aging and Environment, 34(4). 435–454. https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2020.1734138

Wister, A., & Speechley, M. (2020). COVID-19: Pandemic risk, resilience and possibilities for aging research. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 39(3). 344–347. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980820000215

Wister, A., Cosco, T. D., Mitchell, B., & Fyffe, I. (2020). Health behaviors and multimorbidity resilience among older adults using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. International Psychogeriatrics. 32(1), 119–133. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1041610219000486

2019:

Canham, S. L., Fang, M. L., Battersby, L., & Wada, M. (2019). Understanding the functionality of housing-related support services through mapping methods and dialogue. Evaluation and Program Planning, 72, 33–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.09.008

Canham, S. L., O’Dea, E., & Wister, A. (2019). Evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the housing first approach in the Metro Vancouver region. Evaluation and Program Planning. 75, 69–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.05.004

Caragata, G., Wister, A., & Mitchell, B. A. (2019). “You’re a great driver/your driving scares me": Reactions of older drivers to family comments. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 60, 485–498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.10.022

Fang, M. L., Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., Wada, M., Sixsmith, J., & Sixsmith, A. (2019). Exploring privilege in the digital divide: Implications for theory, policy, and practice. The Gerontologist, 59(1), e1–e15. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gny037

Fortuna, K.L., Torous, J., Depp, C., Jimenez, D., Arean, P., Walker, R., Akilore, O., Goldstein, C., Cosco, T. D., Brooks, J., Vahia, I., & Bartels, S. (2019). A future research agenda for digital geriatric mental health care. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 27(11), 1277–1285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2019.05.013

Peters, S., Cosco, T. D., Mackey, D., Sarohia, G., Leong, J., & Wister, A. (2019). Methods for quantifying physical resilience in aging: A scoping systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 8, 34–40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-0950-7

Wada, M., Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., Sixsmith, J., Woolrych, R., & Sixsmith, A. (2019). Perceptions of home in long-term care settings: Before and after institutional relocation. Ageing & Society, 40(6), 1267–1290. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X18001721

Walker, B., Canham, S. L., Wister, A., & Fang, M. L. (2019). A GIS analysis of East Asian care gaps in residential and assisted living facilities in Vancouver, Canada. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 33(2), 103–119. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2018.1534177

Wister, A., Cosco, T. D., Mitchell, B. A., Menec, V., & Fyffe, I. (2019). Development and concurrent validity of a composite social isolation index for older adults using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 38(2), 180–192. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980818000612

2018:

Bigonnesse, C., Mahmood, A., Chaudhury, H., Mortenson, W. B., Miller, W. C., & Martin Ginis, K. A. (2018). The role of neighborhood physical environment on mobility and social participation among people using mobility assistive technology. Disability & Society, 33(6), 866–893. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2018.1453783

Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., Fang, M. L., Wada, M., Barnes, R., & Sixsmith, A. (2018). Senior services that support housing first in Metro Vancouver. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 61(1), 104–125. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2017.1391919

Canham, S. L., Davidson, S., Custodio, K., Wister, A., & Bosma, H. (2018). Health supports needed for homeless persons transitioning from hospital to shelter and housing: A scoping review. Health & Social Care in the Community, 27(3), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12599

Canham, S. L., Fang, M. L., Battersby, L., Woolrych, R., Sixsmith, J., Ren, T. H., & Sixsmith, A. (2018). Contextual factors for aging well: Creating socially engaging spaces through the use of deliberative dialogues. The Gerontologist, 58(1), 140–148. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx121

Canham, S. L., Wada, M., Battersby, L., Fang, M. L., & Sixsmith, A. (2018). Experiences of a mass interinstitutional relocation for long-term care staff. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 32(2), 160–175. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2018.1431582

Chaudhury, H., Cooke, H., Cowie, H., & Razaghi, L. (2018). The influence of the physical environment on residents with dementia in long-term care settings: A review of the empirical literature. The Gerontologist, 58(5), e325–e337. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw259

Gutman, G. (2018). Beyond master classes: Other innovative opportunities for training in gerontechnology. Gerontechnology, 17(supp.), 200s. https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2018.17.s.195.00

Gutman, G., Mock, S., de Vries, B., Humble, A., Gahagan, J., Chamberland, L., Fast, J., & Walker, E. (2018). The role of internet technology in social integration and end-of-life planning of LGBT older adults. Gerontechnology, 17(supp.), 84s. http://dx.doi.org/10.4017/gt.2018.17.s.084.00

Hung, L., Au-Yeung, A., Helmer, C., Ip, A., Elijah, L., Wilkins-Ho, M., & Chaudhury, H. (2018). Feasibility and acceptability of an iPad intervention to support dementia care in the hospital setting. Contemporary Nurse, 54(4–5), 350–361. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2018.1505436

Hung, L., Phinney, A., Chaudhury, H., & Rodney. P. (2018). Using video-reflexive ethnography to engage hospital staff to improve dementia care. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393618785095

Hung, L., Phinney, A., Chaudhury, H., Rodney, P., Tabamo, J., & Bohl, D. (2018). Appreciative inquiry: Bridging research and practice in a hospital setting. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406918769444

Iuglio, S., Keller, K., Chaudhury, H., Slaughter, S., Lengyel, C., Morrison, J., Boscart, V., & Carrier, N. (2018). Construct validity of the dining environment audit protocol: A secondary data analysis of the Making Most of Mealtimes (M3) study. BMC Geriatrics, 18, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0708-4

Iuglio, S., Keller, K., Chaudhury, H., Slaughter, S., Lengyel, C., Morrison, J., Boscart, V., & Carrier, N. (2018). Construct validity of the mealtime scan: A secondary data analysis of the Making Most of Mealtimes (M3) study. Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, 37(2), 82–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/21551197.2018.1461166

Scherer, M., Canham, S. L., Furr-Holden, D., & Voas, R. (2018). Intercorrelation of alcohol and other drug use disorders among a national sample of drivers. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 50(2), 143–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2017.1366605

Torous, J., Firth, J., Huckvale, K., Larsen, M., Cosco, T. D., Carney, R., Chan, S., Pratap, A., Yellowlees, P., Wykes, T., Keshavan, M., & Christensen H. (2018). The emerging imperative for a consensus approach towards the rating and clinical recommendation of mental health apps. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders, 206(8), 662–666. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000000864

Torous, J., Larsen, M. E., Depp, C., Cosco, T. D., Barnett, I., Nock, M. K., & Firth, J. (2018). Smartphones, sensors, and machine learning to advance real-time prediction and interventions for suicide prevention: A review of current progress and next steps. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20(7), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-018-0914-y

Wister, A., Lear, S., Schrumann, N., MacKey, D., Mitchell, B. A., Cosco, T. D., & Fyffe, I. (2018). Development and validation of a multi-domain multimorbidity resilience index for an older population: Results from the baseline Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0851-y

2017:

Beringer, R., Gutman, G., & de Vries, B. (2017). Developing a web-based platform to foster end-of-life planning among LGBT older adults. Gerontechnology, 16(1), 48–55. https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2017.16.1.005.00

Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., Fang, M. L., Sixsmith, J., Woolrych, R., & Sixsmith, A. (2017). From familiar faces to family: Staff and resident relationships in long-term care. Journal of Aging & Health, 29(5), 842–857. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264316645550

Chaudhury, H., Keller, H., Pfisterer, K., & Hung, L. (2017). Development of a physical environmental observational tool for dining environments in long-term care settings. The Gerontologist, 57(6), e95–e101. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw261

Firth, J., Torous, J., Carney, R., Newby, J., Cosco, T. D., Christensen H., & Sarris, J. (2018). Digital technologies in the treatment of anxiety: Recent innovations and future directions. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20(6), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-018-0910-2

Fleming, J., Calloway, R., Perrels, A., Farquhar, M., Barclay, S., Brayne, C., … Cosco, T. D. (2017). Dying comfortably in very old age with or without dementia in different care settings — A representative “older old” population study. BMC Geriatrics, 17, 222. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0605-2

Hung, L., Phinney, A., Chaudhury, H. Rodney, P., Tabamo, J., & Bohl, D. (2017). “Little things matter!” Exploring the perspectives of patients with dementia about the hospital environment. International Journal of Older People Nursing. 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12153

Keller, H., Carrier, N., Slaughter, S., Lengyel, C., Steele, C., Duizer, L., Brown, K. S., Chaudhury, H., Yoon, M. N., Duncan, A. M., Boscart, V. M., Heckman, G., & Villalon, L. (2017). Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3): Protocol of a multi-centre cross-sectional study of food intake and its determinants in older adults living in long term care homes. BMC Geriatrics, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0401-4

Keller, H., Chaudhury, H., Pfisterer, K., & Susan, S. (2017). Development and inter-rater reliability of the mealtime scan for long-term care. The Gerontologist. 58(3), e160–e167. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw264

Sixsmith, J., Fang, M. L., Woolrych, R., Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., & Sixsmith, A. (2017). Ageing well in the right place: Partnership working with older people. Working with Older People, 21(1), 40–48. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-01-2017-0001

2016:

Beringer, R., Gutman, G., & de Vries, B. (2016). Internet use among LGBT seniors in Canada. Gerontechnology, 15(0), 72–72. https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2016.15.s.913.00

Blackman, S., Matlo, C., Bobrovitskiy, C., Waldoch, A., Fang, M. L., Jackson, P., Mihailidis, A., Nygård, L., Astell, A., & Sixsmith, A. (2016). Ambient assisted living technologies for aging well: A scoping review. Journal of Intelligent Systems, 25(1), 55–69. https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2014-0136

Canham, S.L., Battersby, L., Fang, M.L., Sixsmith, J., Woolrych, R., & Sixsmith, A. (2016). From familiar faces to family: Staff and resident relationships in long-term care. Journal of Aging & Health, 29(5), 842–857. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264316645550

Chaudhury, H., Campo, M., Michael, Y., & Mahmood, A. (2016). Neighbourhood environment and physical activity in older adults. Social Science & Medicine, 149, 104–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.12.011

Chaudhury, H., Hung, L., Rust. T., & Wu, S. (2016). Do physical environmental changes make a difference? Supporting person-centred care at mealtimes in nursing homes. Dementia, 16(7), 878–896. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301215622839

Lee, S. Y., Chaudhury, H., & Hung, L. (2016). Effects of physical environment on health and behaviors of residents with dementia in long-term care facilities: A longitudinal study. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 9(2), 81–91. https://doi.org/10.3928/19404921-20150709-01

Lee, S. Y., Chaudhury, H., & Hung, L. (2016). Exploring staff perceptions on the role of physical environment in dementia care setting. Dementia, 15(4), 743–755. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214536910

Parke, B., Boltz, M., Hunter, K., Chambers, T., Wolf-Ostermann, K., Adi, M.N., Feldman, F., & Gutman, G. (2016). A scoping literature review of dementia-friendly hospital design. The Gerontologist, 57(4), e62–e74. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw128

Wister, A., Coatta, K., Schuurman, N., Lear, S., Rosin, M., & Mackey, D. A. (2016). Lifecourse model of resilience applied to aging with multimorbidity. The International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 82(4), 290–313. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415016641686

Wister, A., & Wagner K. R. (Eds.). (2020). GRC news: COVID-19 special issue: Risk, response and resilience in an aging world. Gerontology Research Centre. https://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/grc/stories/grc-news/GRC-News-Summer-2020.pdf

Wister, A., Menec, V., & Mugford, G. (2018). Loneliness, social isolation, and social engagement. Chapter in The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Report on Health and Aging in Canada Findings from Baseline Data Collection 2010–2015. Public Health Agency of Canada. https://www.clsa-elcv.ca/doc/2639

Battersby, L., Canham, S. L., Krahn, D., & Sixsmith, A. (2017). Guidelines for en masse inter-institutional relocations of long-term care homes. Gerontology Research Centre. http://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/19790/etd20431-lupin-battersby-LTC-Relocations-Guidelines_Feb-2017_DIGITAL.pdf

Canham, S. L., O’Dea, E., & Wister, A. (2017). Evaluating the housing first Approach in the Metro Vancouver region. Gerontology Research Centre. https://hsa-bc.ca/_Library/Resource_Library/REPORT_Evaluating-the-Housing-First-Approach-in-the-Metro-Vancouver-Region.pdf

Wister, A. (2017). Population estimates of the demand for independent living housing in Burnaby and Coquitlam. Gerontology Research Centre.

Wister, A., Canham, S. L., & Walker, B. (2017). Gaps in facility care for East Asian cultural groups in selected GVRD communities: A geographic information systems and focus group report. Gerontology Research Centre. https://summit.sfu.ca/item/16863

Wister, A., Beaulieu M., Butti, O., Napa Duffy, L., Emmerton, W. J., Evanchuk, J. T., … Spadafora, P. (2017). National Seniors Council report: Who’s at risk and what can be done about it? A review of literature on the social isolation of different groups of seniors. Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development & Minister of the State (Seniors). https://www.canada.ca/en/national-seniors-council/programs/publications-reports/2017/review-social-isolation-seniors.html

Wister, A. (In press). Health promotion and aging during a pandemic: Risk, resilience and COVID-19. In I. Rootman, P. Edwards, M. Levasseur, & F. Grunberg (Eds.) Health of older adults: The Canadian experience. Canadian Scholars Press Inc.

Wister, A. (In press) Precarious aging: COVID-19 risk, resilience and response. In B. Trump, & I. Linkov (Eds). COVID: Risk and resilience. Springer.

Fang, M. L., Woolrych, R., Sixsmith, J., Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., Ren, T. H., & Sixsmith, A. (2018). Integrating sense-of-place within new housing developments: A community-based participatory research approach. In A. M. Goulding, S. B. Davenport, & A. Newman (Eds.), Creative practice in the resilience of older people. Policy Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447340911.001.0001

Sixsmith, J., Fang, M. L., & Canham, S. L. (2018). Co-creating home and community: Building partnerships to support older adults to age-well-in-place. In E. Peel, C. Holland, & M. Murray (Eds.), Psychologies of ageing: Theory, research and practice (pp. 189–219). Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97034-9_8

Sixsmith, J., Fang, M. L., Woolrych, R., Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., & Sixsmith, A. (2018). Aging-in-place for low-income seniors: Living at the intersection of multiple identities, positionalities, and oppressions. In O. Hankivsky, & J. Jordan-Zachery (Eds.), Bringing intersectionality to public policy (pp. 641–664). Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98473-5_30

Gutman, G., Kwon, S., Fukuda, R., Guttler, J. F., Georgoulas, C., Linner, T., … Kwon, S. (2016). Home technologies that support aging in place. In S. Kwon (Ed.), Gerontechnology — Research, practice and principles in the field of technology and aging. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2018.1427295

Park, A. J., Hwang, E., & Gutman, G. (2016). Methods in gerontechnology with a focus on virtual environments as a research tool in aging mobility studies. In S. Kwon (Ed.), Gerontechnology — Research, practice and principles in the field of technology and aging (pp.117–133). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2018.1427295